Posts Tagged ‘Issue 203’
Census Bureau Targets Rural & Hard to Reach In Media Buys
Last week, the National Association of Broadcasters sent us information regarding an RFP providing additional funding for the 2020 Census. Due to the extended time frame, and low response rates, new funding is available to help target market the census, especially in the more rural areas of our state. An additional $65 Million in paid advertising…
Read MoreJudge Dismisses GOP Challenge To State Redistricting Commission
A challenge against Michigan’s new Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission was dismissed by a federal judge on Monday (7/7), according to report in Gongwer. U.S. District Judge Janet Neff ruled that the plaintiffs Daunt v. Benson and Michigan Republican Party v. Benson (USWDM Docket Nos. 19-614; 19-669) failed to state a plausible claim for relief. Neff…
Read MoreCBS Detroit Television Stations Hold Meal-A-Thon for Forgotten Harvest
On June 30 and again on July 4, CBS Television’s WWJ-TV and WKBD-TV teamed up with Forgotten Harvest to air “Feeding Detroit: A Motor City Meal-A-Thon.” The event aired on both stations June 30 from 7 to 8 p.m. and again on WKBD-TV July 4 from 8 to 9 p.m. The event was also streamed…
Read MoreHow to Use Your Radio Station’s Blog to Spotlight Local Businesses and Artists During the Pandemic
By: Seth Resler Jacobs Media Strategies As the pandemic continues to stretch on, radio stations are trying to find the proper balance between addressing it without deviating from their usual programming. One way forward is to shine a spotlight on local businesses and artists in their time of need by publishing interviews with them on…
Read MoreiHeartMedia Launches BIN: Black Information Network on WDFN
On June 30, iHeartMedia launched the nationwide Black Information Network (BIN) and flipped all-sports WDFN-AM (Detroit) to the new network. BIN is the first and only 24/7 national and local all news audio service dedicated to providing an objective, accurate and trusted source of continual news coverage with a Black voice and perspective. BIN is…
Read MoreWDET Debuts New Broadcast/Podcast Series: Essential Cooking
WDET-FM 101.9’s Ann Delisi, host of Essential Music, and award-winning chef James Rigato of Hazel Park’s Mabel Gray restaurant formed a friendship several years ago over their mutual love of food and music. They have since collaborated on cooking events and talked about music and food on WDET’s airwaves. The duo’s latest joint venture —…
Read MoreMcKibbin Media Group Goes Digital with COVID-19 Content
McKibbin Media Group’s Ashley Smith recently shared with the MAB the digital efforts of the company’s Jackson radio stations during the COVID-19 pandemic: These efforts include: COVID-19 Information Center: https://www.wkhm.com/2020/03/19/wkhm-covid-19-information-center/. Features a listing of “still open” and recently reopened businesses and restaurants at no charge Provides latest news coverage from the state and local levels…
Read MoreTownsquare Battle Creek Raises $35,750 for Homeless Shelter
On Friday, June 26, Townsquare Media’s WBCK-FM and WBXX-FM (Battle Creek) presented their 14th Annual Roofsit, raising money to benefit the Haven of Rest’s Inasmuch House, Calhoun County’s only shelter for homeless families. The event is usually held over two days. This year it was one. Personalities from both stations were live for 12 hours…
Read More$15,000 FCC Fine Proposed for Underwriting Announcements that Were Too Commercial
By: David Oxenford, Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP When do noncommercial stations stray from permissible acknowledgment of those local businesses that provide funding for its operations to impermissible commercials? That question was addressed in a Notice of Apparent Liability issued by the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau on Thursday (7/2), proposing a $15,000 fine for a low power FM station whose underwriting…
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